Research and Markets: Health Psychology 2nd Edition - Updated Guide Structured Around the Stage 1 Curriculum of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b6e61e/health_psychology) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Health Psychology, 2nd Edition" to their offering.

Now in its second edition, Health Psychology is substantially revised and updated to offer the greatest coverage of this rapidly expanding discipline.

New to this Edition:

• Substantially revised and updated to reflect key developments and the latest research in this rapidly expanding discipline.
• The chapters of this new edition are explicitly structured around the Stage 1 curriculum of the British Psychological Society's Division of Health Psychology, offering the equivalent level to a Health Psychology masters degree.

Features:

• Updated edition which provides students with a critical, thought-provoking and comprehensive introduction to the discipline
• Clearly and critically outlines the major areas of theory and research
• Chapters written by world-leading health psychologists
• Includes end-of-chapter discussion points and an extensive glossary of terms

Key Topics Covered Include the Following:

• PART I Health-Related Behaviour.
• The Role of Behaviour in Health (Andrew Steptoe, Benjamin Gardner and Jane Wardle).
• Smoking (Lion Shahab and Robert West).
• Physical Activity (Stuart J.H. Biddle). PART II Theoretical Approaches to Health Behaviour Change.
• Interventions to Change Health-Related Behaviour Patterns (Charles Abraham).
• The Impact of Perceived Risk on Risk-Reducing Behaviours (Alison J. Wright).
• Using Social Cognition Models to Develop Health Behaviour Interventions: The Theory of Planned Behaviour as an Example (Stephen Sutton). PART III Cognition, Emotion, Behaviour and Health Care.
• Illness-Related Cognition and Behaviour (Linda D. Cameron and Rona Moss-Morris).
• Symptom Perception and Help Seeking (Suzanne E. Scott). PART IV Psychological Aspects of Health and Illness.
• Stress, Health and Illness: The Effects of Prolonged Physiological Activity and Perseverative Cognition (Julian F. Thayer and Jos F. Brosschot).
• Psychoneuroimmunology (Elizabeth Broadbent and Patricia Loft). PART V Lifespan, Gender and Sociocultural Perspectives.
• Sociocultural Aspects of Health and Illness (Ayse K. Uskul).
• Gender, Health and Illness (Myra S. Hunter and Magdalene Rosairo).

Author:

David French is Professor of Health Psychology in the Applied Research Centre in Health and Lifestyle Interventions at Coventry University. He is currently an Associate Editor for both Psychology & Health and the British Journal of Health Psychology, and is on the editorial board of Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Kavita Vedhara is Professor of Health Psychology at the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham. She is currently the Co-editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology, Research Sub-Committee Chair for the British Psychological Society s Division of Health Psychology, and is on the Editorial Board of Health Psychology.

Ad A. Kaptein is Professor of Medical Psychology at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), The Netherlands. His research focuses on patients with chronic illness. He was Editor-in-Chief of Psychology & Health (1992 2000), and President of the European Health Psychology Society (2000 2002).

John Weinman is Professor of Psychology as applied to Medicine in the Institute of Psychiatry at King s College London. He was founding Editor of Psychology & Health and is currently an Associate Editor for Chronic Illness and for the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, as well as being on the Editorial Board of both Health Psychology and Health Psychology Review.

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